-------- The New York Times is reporting that the "volume of information harvested from telecommunication data and voice networks, without court-approved warrants, is [0]much larger than the White House has acknowledged." The NSA gained the cooperation of many American telecommunication companies after 9/11 to access streams of communication, both domestic and international, as a part of a presidentially approved program to hunt for evidence of terrorist activity. ----------
As I said, it isn't only Terrorists, or known terrorists, or those engaged in terrorism who are being monitoried. http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/24/politics/24spy.html On 12/22/05, Vivec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > No. It is not the 'known' terrorists. > That is the sort of nationalistic tripe that some Americans would like > to believe. > > Sam, if they were 'known' terrorists why haven't they been brought in? > You think there are thousands of 'known' terrorists in the US? > > The technologies are actually designed to monitor a vast number of > communications and computers pick words, try to interpret context etc. > and flag certain conversations. You think that the CIA/FBI Has a vast > list of KNOWN terrorists that are operating in the United States? > Please. > > They're tracking the local militia on the corner, the ACLU, the EFF > and the kid who has a beef with bush and a daddy that's ex-military. > They're tracking and monitoring ordinary citizens. > > You forget oh so quickly the report which stated the alarming number > of FALSE and improper uses of the Patriot Act over the years! > > Americans seem to have no care or concern for their privacy, or their > rights as citizens. They seem content to allow the state to subvert > their Rights and to be proud and happy to lose the Freedoms that > people in other countries hold dear and which their forefathers fought > and died for, all in the name of stopping 'Terrorism'. > > Well you're welcomed to that sort of lifestyle. > > Where are your papers Herr Sam? Why don't you just go right now and > get the GPS Tracking receiver implanted in your Scalp like a Good > Citizen that monitors exactly where you are and anything you say? It > WILL help stop Terrorism Sam! Do it now! > Do it for your Country! > > *smirk* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:189761 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
